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1955 Map of Hot Springs

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Hot Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Hot Springs serves as the gateway to this varied South Dakota landscape, where the southern reaches of the Black Hills meet the open plains. In the mid-1950s, the region was defined by a mix of early tourism and military operations, anchored by the Black Hills Ordnance Depot near Provo and the expansive Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the east. The terrain transitions from the high peaks of Mount Rushmore and Harney Peak down to the arid, broken lands of the Badlands National Monument.

Infrastructure is dominated by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad line, which connected settlements like Edgemont, Custer, and Pringle. Significant water management is visible at the Angostura Reservoir on the Cheyenne River. Local history is deeply etched into the map at sites like Wounded Knee, while the preservation of the landscape is marked by the boundaries of Wind Cave National Park and Jewel Cave National Monument.